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What the newest cheap servo hotness?

So i wouldn't know what to look for(more or less), but i felt that this servo performed a lil better than the powerHD 23kg, turned the showdowns with no hiccups.
One time when i bought a Futaba for my 16th scale summit, that servo sounded like that mechanical bird from clash of the titans, this servo sounded a bit like that too..... ! Got the tires stuck a few times, wiggled them right out the situation. I like it for 40 bucks !
 
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A whole weekend of hard running the new DS3215 servo at the Proline event - completely forgot it was there. I guess that's a good thing.

Post-event cleanup and inspection showed the servo arm loose. Sure enough, the shaft screw fell out and the pinch-screws were loose. Since I've jammed at least one shaft screw with locktite I went easy on the blue stuff, tightened as hard as I dare, and the pinch screws - it's all good.

I sold my second one to someone in need at the event, and ordered two more of them from AliExpress. This is a no-brainer. "thumbsup"
 
Ive been running a JX5932 on my GOM. Its @ 8.4v off a castle 10amp BEC and sometimes when out crawling it will no refuse to move the wheels sideways until the rig moves backwards or forwards. I think Im going to stop messing about with cheap servos on 2.2 crawlers...time for another savox 2290...

I will continue to use the JX6221 on smaller rigs and as a shift servo...seems to work well for that. I also have one @ 7.4 in my Yeti TT and thats taken alot of abuse so far....
 
Ive been running a JX5932 on my GOM. Its @ 8.4v off a castle 10amp BEC and sometimes when out crawling it will no refuse to move the wheels sideways until the rig moves backwards or forwards. I think Im going to stop messing about with cheap servos on 2.2 crawlers...time for another savox 2290...

I will continue to use the JX6221 on smaller rigs and as a shift servo...seems to work well for that. I also have one @ 7.4 in my Yeti TT and thats taken alot of abuse so far....

Sometimes I wonder if they design these servos with nominal voltages in mind; like I wonder if 8.4 is too high as if they designed them for 7.4 only. My Savox gets wonky at 8.4, but is fine at 7.4.
 
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I submerged my rig yesterday in a creek for about 10 seconds. It was still driving the wheels underwater.
Then the steering servo went all wonky - centered hard left, then corrected itself after several power cycles, then did it again a couple more times. Water on the board I guess, blowing out the connector didn't fix it, had dialectric grease on it anyway. Diffs had some moisture in them too. :roll:
 
My Hitec sometimes did that after a swim, I figured out it was the RX that wasn't quite waterproofed.

Weirdly only the servo went haywire (mostly swinging hard left like yours), throttle was fine.
 
My concern would be the "titanium" gears - it's common knowledge that they are actually coated aluminum.
 
Sorry for likely not knowing the answer to this, but why aren’t all these high-powered servos being assembled with STEEL gearing? Is it that machining steel is much more expensive? I understand output shafts being of a weaker metal element. It’s almost like it defeats the purpose of having all that torque using a HV setting. I know certain Aluminum’s (6160) can be as strong as steel, but I’m sure that’s even less cost effective.
 
It's a curious omission as far as I'm concerned.

Sometimes I think it's because they are not engineered specifically for the type of stresses that rock crawling can place on the gears.

I am only guessing here, but when a crawlers tires are in a heavy bind... I think that's when gears fail.

Until more manufacturers use the proper materials, I'm afraid most of us will be acting as guinea pigs for most of these servos.

It seems to me that the ultimate design should use hardened steel gears and pins, with the pins ends captured in bronze inserts - all inside an aluminum housing.

Basically what the ProModeler 470oz-in and Holmes Hobbies SHV500v2 offer now.

I know that those models are not immune to failure, but I think the percentage of failed units is quite low, and the customer service is certainly there if one requires service.
 
Clicked the link... Neato! Where to buy? 1 north American distributor in PA.
clicked thier website. Went to brands...

Nothing. Alturn is not anywhere on there.

Promodeler! Thanks durok! Was racking my poor little brain trying to remember that brand a few days ago.

I need something to replace my horizon 625wp servo that I tortured the last couple hours I was at proline. Says metal gears. Maybe thats why it sounds so awful. I should crack it open and see what's causing the horrific noise.
 
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Looks like we’d be paying $22 extra bucks than the very price competitive JX CLS6336 for.. Brushless motor with 8.4v capabilities, Waterproof and “close enough” torque specs. Any speed specs? Could have a new winner?

I have about 15 packs through the new CLS 6336 servo. no gear slop and still strong as hell. "thumbsup"
 
There is no such thing as titanium gears. They are aluminum with Ti plating. Steel will be strongest, brass will be longer wearing, aluminum will simply be lightest and also weakest.


JX servo is a bit of unfortunate circumstance for me. They are a former employee of my OEM, took the engineering work I did on the 12v servos and started JX. Not surprising that they are using cheaper gear and pin materials though, that is standard china practice to make things as cheaply as possible but look like the "quality" knockoff. I can see plainly that they took the entire design from the V1, which had enough flaws to warrant a V2. There is also a "new" 12v servo on the block that JX is supplying. Good luck buddy, I already know what your failure rate is going to be. Better be prepared to lose your shirt or piss off a lot of people. Even my own OEM had some choice words about the quality of JX, and you know it is bad when a chinese company is talking crap about quality.


My v1 gearset should drop into the JX case. If anybody wants affordable gears, give them a shot. I'll refund your money if they don't fit. Most likely, your case is already too damaged to avoid further gear issues though.

Welp... my JX 46kg just ate its steel gears, guess I'll be the guinea pig to see if your V1 gears fit.

I got less than 3 weeks out of this one, even the aluminum gears in the mg959 lasted a full month. I'm too poor to keep buying cheap, this might be the last straw.
 
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